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Personal Constructs Beatrice Taylor Ashford University / Teresa Plummer COM 321 Communication Theory June 11 , 2017 /Personal Constructs Family Member: Lecture, has all the correct answers, A Helper, Love's working with children, encouraging, and educator, role model. A Teacher: Lecture, all the answers, A Helper, Love's working with children, encouraging, and educator, a role model. Family member: Is a mother of five, works in the recovery field, has a husband, has a religious faith, provides outreach to those in need, grandmother of one. A Teacher: Single female, no children, attends yoga twice a week, belongs to a bike club, meditates once a day, only eats vegetables and fruits, speaks three different languages. Female friend: Mother of two, rides a motorcycle, outgoing, educated, supports others, works hard, owns her own home. Male friend: The father of three, drives a spider three-wheeler, likes to have fun, helps when help is needed on cars, live skills instructor, homeowner, works twelve-hour shifts five days a week. Female friend: Has a husband, bus driver, monthly cycle, long hair, pretty, wears high heels, wears a bra. Male friend: works in the law enforcement, stands up to use the restroom, handsome, works out four days a week, balled headed no hair. Family member: Mother of five, work in the recovery field, a husband, religious faith, grandmother of one. Myself: work in the helping field working with the mentally ill population, mother of seven, attend church often, grandmother of five, two degrees. Family member: Short, overweight, small car, likes to be waited on as being needy, needs to be the center of attention, Myself: Low key, tall, supportive, nice body form, active listener, strong personality. I think I give a person the benefit of the doubt, and try not to be close-minded because there's no one perfect, but I must look at myself before I can look at anyone else, but I think I did a pretty good job with my constructs of others and myself. I'm a low-key person and I don't talk a lot, but I'm very observant, and I try to get a feel of the person behaviors and action, yes it plays a part in how communication takes place. Stereotyping I think plays a part in all thoughts, but I know for myself that I can't go through life pointing fingers, others cultures in a box, as all are the same and have the same behaviors just because of what one or two people of the same culture doesn't speak to others of this culture with that being said we cannot place all of this culture in the same box. I try not to stereotype, but I have, to be honest with all of the things taking place in the world today; there are a few cultures that make me a little nerve. No, I don't place men and women in the same constructs. Men and women are like night and day. Boys are knotty, and girls are sweet. I feel that my separate constructs with male and female. I don't feel that I place myself on a higher level of anyone. Who am I to feel that I'm all that and a bag of chips. There are people with millions and billions of dollars, and that's the only thing that would make you different from me. Having money and authority changes peoples and their behavior. When all that has been removed, you are as human as the other man I thank taking the time to get to know a person before making your personal constructs; get to know the person not just your first impression of a person due to not knowing what's going on with the person. You must be open-minded and be approachable, and most of all don't judge a book by its cover. We should try and work on avoiding stereotyping because as I stated earlier you never know what a person is going through. For example, you see a classmate you don't really know her, but you have seen her in a couple of classes, in addition, you have greeted each other with a Hello, You observe this person in the hall, and you say hello, and she just